Snow..............

On Thursday the 6th it started snowing. I heard the forecast on Wednesday night and decided to take the Expedition to work (I carpool with my boss and it was my turn to drive). I tossed in the chains, a shovel and some extra clothes and gloves. Work is 32 miles away. It started snowing and sticking around noon. Our normal 45 minute drive home turned into 1-1/2 hrs but no major mishaps. A couple of cars in the ditches. Once I got home it continued snowing all day Friday (my day off) and most of the day Saturday. We got 10 inches in all. The most we have had since 2004!
Most of the weekend has been spent indoors with board games and watching the Walton's but we did manage a little outside stuff too!

A couple of Lorelei's shots.

A couple of mine, having a little fun with HDR

A Redwood in the snow.

 Cody, the truck needs some attention so we can try and make it to town.

A birdhouse I made out of an old mailbox had an interesting pattern on it from the snow.

We played scrabble, pinochle, chess and Settlers of Katan all weekend! At least the power stayed on, now the job of digging out and trying to make it to work.

That's about all for now, time to start digging.

Glynn Jr.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Jon was home from SPU on Christmas break for nearly 3 weeks. Adam and Pam were here for a few days .  Corina was able to stop by for a few days and I had some time off from work so it was a fun Christmas season!

Chef Adam made a yummy cheesecake for his mom and cooked his own birthday dinner!

Christmas Day!

Jon and I got to spend some time together out in the shop making a couple of things for Lorelei. Jon designed and built this cool mug rack.

Jon also helped me with a back splash\organizer thingie for the master bathroom. Here's a before and after picture.

The Saturday after Christmas we headed over to the coast for a fun day!

 Cody got a new camera and some gear for Christmas and he was anxious to try it out.

Here's one I got from the day. That's Adam on the left, fishing off the rocks.

Right before sunset the clouds parted and we had a beautiful sunset.

The kids did some geocaching!

 Adam and I fished.

 Adam did the catching, I did the fishing.

Friday before last Cody and I headed out from the house to look for a vantage point to capture the sunset.

Here's a couple I managed to get.

That's about all for now!
Glynn Jr.

Wow.....it's been two months since the last update!

Well time flies when you're having fun right? Ok how about if you don't have enough time? Ok how about if you just haven't taken the time to do the things you need to do? Lots of stuff since last time. We had several nice weather fishing trips over to the coast. We were also able to make it out to some Fishing Club properties and caught a few fish!

Over at the coast.....

 My friend Troy with a whopper!

 Jon with a nice one!

Jon demonstrates proper fishing techniques....

A few weeks ago on a Friday I had stopped after work with a friend and fished until dark. Coming home on a dark country road the oncoming truck flashed his brights at me? As my eyes recovered from being blinded there were two sets of eyes staring at my headlights not 100 ft away. Not much to do but run over the two large dogs. Thank you to the nice person that tried to warn me by temporarily blinding me.

I took the bumper off and made an attempt at repair, then decided to turn in our first insurance claim in over 15 years.

Tis the season for Birthday's. First Jon's, then Lorelei's and Adam's is next week! Below the crew celebrating Jon and Lorelei's b-day at the Outback Steakhouse.

 Below, Cody and Lorelei at the Air Museum for Veteran's Day.

 Can't forget a pic from Thanksgiving! LtoR Lorelei, Pam, Adam, Cody, Jon, me!

Well the last couple of weeks have been down right COLD! Temps into the teens and over a week that never got above freezing.

A few wild turkeys showed up the other day and Lorelei got a picture.

 Cody decided a few months ago he wanted to build a forge????? I asked him to come up with a plan of where it would go and how much he needed to spend. He used some old bricks that I had bought at a yard sale several years ago. Mind you these were prized bricks that I was going to use just any day now, but I caved in and let him use them.

The really cool part about this, is, Cody is actually using his great, great grandfather's anvil!

 We always kid about getting a lump of coal for Christmas? Well, Cody asked for some this year!

That's about all for now!
Glynn Jr.